2016, Volume 50, No. 1 – 2

2016, Volume 50, No. 1 - 2
Henrieta Moravčíková

Scientific studies

Towards a New Monumentality: The Creation of an Urban Cultural Landscape

Ana Tostões
The Lisbon headquarters and park of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (FCG), located in the Parque de Santa Gertrudes, created the…

Stratigraphy of the Smart City Concept

Ján Legény, Peter Morgenstein, Robert Špaček
The paradigm of the city is now undergoing substantial change against a background of economic, technological and social transformations caused…

The vision of the socialist city on the example of Nová Ostrava

Eva Špačková
Nová Ostrava, later called Ostrava-Poruba, is the most notable example of a new industrial city founded and constructed in the…

Deformations of the Vacationscape. The Mechanism of Changing Effects on the Balaton landscape after 1968

Domonkos Wettstein
BBalaton’s waves brought consolidation in even wider circles” – this quote from the famous lyrics of a song entitled “The…

Late Modernism in the Slovak Spa Localities

Martin Zaiček
Though small in size, Slovakia is rich in its springs of natural healing water. These springs are an important precondition…

Depiction of the “Industrial World” in the Architecture of Interwar Prague

Lenka Popelová
The prominent German conservationist Axel Föhl, whose work focuses on industrial heritage, organized a section at the XIV Congress TICCIH…

Imre Steindl’s Neo-Gothic Approach in the Hungarian Design Competitions of the 1870st

Márton Székely, Katalin Marótzy
Introduction The Plan Collection and Archives of the Department of History of Architecture and Monuments at the Budapest Technical University…

Forum

Notes on the Bratislava Activities of the Architect Emil Brüll´s Construction Company

Eva Borecká
The architect Emil Brüll was a member of the group of Slovakia’s Jewish architects who died or were executed during…

Revitalisation of the Roof Terraces of the Slovak Radio Building: A Contribution to the Improvement of its Image

Štefan Bekeš
Since its completion, the Slovak Radio Building has been struggling with notable unpopularity; however, the situation is now changing. Responsibility…

Reviews

Leaning Against Architecture

Jarmila Bencová
Emancipated: first generation of women architects in Slovakia, exhibitionEmancipované: prvá generácia architektiek na Slovensku, výstavaFoyer FA STU, 8. decembra 2015…

„Urban Public Space“ as Auditorium and Stage – its Stability and Transformations

Ondřej Beneš, Oldřich Ševčík
Petr Kratochvíl: Městský veřejný prostorPraha, Zlatý rez 2015. 188 p.ISBN 978-80-88033-00-4

Swiss Academic Professionalism and Czech Academic Activism

Maria Topolčanská
Texty o architektuře 2014 – 2015: Švýcarsko – české inspiraceTexts about architecture 2014 – 2015: Swiss – czech inspirationsPraha, Kruh…